This is a discussion on [Psychology News] Developing fetuses react to face-like shapes from the womb within the Psychology News Forum forums, part of the General Psychology category; It&amp;#039;s well known that young babies are more interested in faces than other objects. Now, researchers have the first evidence ...

It&#039;s well known that young babies are more interested in faces than other objects. Now, researchers have the first evidence that this preference for faces develops in the womb. By projecting light through the uterine wall of pregnant mothers, they found that fetuses at 34 weeks gestation will turn their heads to look at face-like images over other shapes.